The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . antic States. The wood of the pacanenut is coarse-grained, and like theother hickories, heavy and compact: it also possesses greatstrength and durability; but in these respects it is inferior tomany other species of this genus. Although it merits attention,and by assiduous cultivation, it may be brought to a high degree ofperfection. Pignut Hickory. Juglans porcina. This tree is generallyknown in the United Statesby the name of Pignut andHognut Hickory, sometimes
The sylva americana; or, A description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered . antic States. The wood of the pacanenut is coarse-grained, and like theother hickories, heavy and compact: it also possesses greatstrength and durability; but in these respects it is inferior tomany other species of this genus. Although it merits attention,and by assiduous cultivation, it may be brought to a high degree ofperfection. Pignut Hickory. Juglans porcina. This tree is generallyknown in the United Statesby the name of Pignut andHognut Hickory, sometimesof that of Broom first of these names ismost commonly in use ; theothers are known in somedistricts of ,New Hampshiremay be considered as limit-ing towards the north, theclimate of this tree. A littlefarther south it is abundant,and in the Atlantic parts ofthe Middle States, it helps toform the mass of the the Southern States, especially near the coast, it is lesscommon in the woods, being found on the borders of swampsand in places which are Wet without being absolutely marshy, or. Fig. 1. PLATE leaflet. Fig. 2. A nut without the 3. A nut with the iiusk. DENDROLOGY. 183 exposed to a long inundation. This tree is met with in theWestern country, and with the exception of Vermont, NewHampshire and the state of Maine, of the Genessee Country,and of the cold and mountainous tracts along the whole range ofthe Alleghanies, this tree is more or less abundant in the foreststhroughout the United States. The pignut hickory is one of the largest trees of the Americanforest. It grows to the height of 70 or 80 feet, with a diameterof 3 or 4 feet. In the winter when stript of its leaves, it is easilyknown by the shoots of the preceding summer, which are brown,less than half as large as those of the mockernut and shellbarkhickories, and terminated by small, naked buds. At this season,it is easy, also to distinguish the bitternut
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